The Prudential Real Estate name, controlled for a little more time by a Canadian firm, will be retired soon and absorbed into the up and coming HomeServices® brand, formed by both Berkshire Hathaway and Brookfield Asset Management Company.

Warren Buffett’s highly respected holding company and Brookfield Asset Management, the Canadian owners of the soon-to-be retired Prudential Real Estate brand, will team up in 2013 to share ownership and launch a new real estate brokerage brand, Berkshire Hathaway Home Services.